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Sunday, November 6, 2016

DICOTA UPDATES ON: LAND OWNERSHIP AND DIASPORA POLICY DEVELOPMENT IN TANZANIA

Published: November 6, 2016

DICOTA wishes to inform its
members and the Tanzanian diaspora at large that they have followed up on the
following matters in recent weeks:

1.On Monday
October 31, 2016 we sent an inquiry to relevant government sectors seeking
clarification on the issues surrounding land ownership in Tanzania. We do
understand the protection and safe custody of these assets is important to many
and, we are diligently working to find some answers to your concerns. Also as requested, we coordinated a meeting with Tanzanian association
leaders in the U.S. to discuss the issue further.

2.In late
September, DICOTA Leadership held a strategic planning retreat. At the retreat,
DICOTA reviewed a letter received from President Magufuli thanking DICOTA for
inviting him to the 2016 Convention and reaffirming his support for the
diaspora. In response to the letter, DICOTA reached out to President Magufuli and
requested that DICOTA and the diaspora at large have a greater role in the
development of the Tanzania Diaspora Policy. The Diaspora policy will be an
integral part of ongoing efforts and initiatives for the development of Tanzania
and will articulate the role and rights of the Tanzania diaspora. We look
forward to hearing back and sharing with Tanzania diaspora community the
outcome of our requests.